Brickheadz

Eeyore

A gray, slouchy little donkey who somehow builds a lot of personality into a very square body.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 40797 · 2025

Pieces156

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number40797

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The verdict

I went in expecting a quick filler build and came out actually charmed.

Eeyore's whole deal is that he's supposed to look tired and a little defeated, and the designers nailed it, the droopy ears, the flat mouth, the way his head just sort of hangs there. For a BrickHeadz set this size, 156 pieces is on the fuller end, and you can feel it in the little touches like his pink bow tail piece and the textured fur bits along his back. It won't wow anyone who wants a challenging build, but if you love the character or you're collecting the Winnie the Pooh BrickHeadz lineup, it earns its spot on the shelf. Skip it if you need an engaging build experience, because this one is over before you've really settled in.

Best for: Winnie the Pooh fans building out the full BrickHeadz cast

The full review

What it is

Eeyore is part of LEGO's 2025 Winnie the Pooh wave of BrickHeadz, the boxy, big-headed character figures LEGO has been building out since 2017. He's gray from head to hoof, with a soft pink bow tacked onto his tail and those signature droopy ears that make him look perpetually unimpressed with the world. It's a simple shape, but the designers clearly spent real thought on getting his expression right, because that flat, tired little face is instantly recognizable even at this scale.

The catch

Here's the honest part. At 156 pieces this is a substantial BrickHeadz build compared to some of the smaller single-figure sets in the line, but it's still a BrickHeadz set, which means the build itself is short, repetitive in places, and over quickly. If you're looking for an engaging afternoon project, this isn't it. It's also a display-only piece once finished, there's no real posability or play pattern beyond looking at him on a shelf.

Who it's for

This one is for people who already love the Winnie the Pooh characters or are collecting the BrickHeadz line piece by piece. If you want your kid to have something to actually play with, or you want a build that takes more than half an hour, look elsewhere in the catalog. But as a small, characterful desk companion, Eeyore does exactly what he's supposed to do.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building Eeyore is fast and straightforward, which is the nature of BrickHeadz. You're stacking up his blocky gray body, snapping in his stubby legs and hooves, then working up to the head, which is where all the personality lives. The ears go on at an angle to get that permanently sad droop, and his face is built from small printed and layered elements rather than a single sticker, which helps it hold up over time.

The standout piece here is really his tail, a separate soft pink bow element that clips on and gives him that unmistakable Eeyore silhouette from behind. The rest of the piece count goes toward keeping his gray tones varied enough that he doesn't look like one flat block of color, LEGO used a few different grays and a warm undertone on his muzzle to soften the look. It's not a set full of rare or new molds, but the color and shaping work is doing more than you'd expect for something this small.

Fun facts

01Eeyore is part of a wave of 2025 Winnie the Pooh character BrickHeadz, joining other classic Hundred Acre Wood figures LEGO has built in the BrickHeadz style.
02BrickHeadz sets use an intentionally oversized head and blocky body design, a style LEGO introduced in 2016 to make instantly recognizable pop culture and Disney characters in a compact, buildable form.
03Every BrickHeadz figure, including Eeyore, comes with a small display plaque baseplate so it can stand on its own without extra parts.
04This is one of the fuller single-character BrickHeadz builds by piece count, reflecting the extra detail work put into his ears, tail, and shading.